Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-09-02


paid out Some newspaper man will get
mad some fine day at paying dollar
to cross bridge, and he will go home
and publish in his paper that the wire
bridge is dangerous and not safe for
passengers to cross, and Lord John will
.ose more dollars in that way in one
uInmer than he will ever collect from
Ill the newspaper boys who ever Gro :sed
he bridge. However ] always make it
point to pay as 60 without kicking at
ne charges, and ] feel free to say that
he bridge is now in better Fl than it has
been in any time since | have known it.
The high water was over the abutments
and stripped the bridge. fifteen leei
above the usual high water mark, and
the canyon, Cary says, was just sea of
raging angry waters. The trail all the
way across the mountains in in fine con
dition, and being alone | made quick
time, and was glad enough to get to the
Warm Springs, a resort which well re-
pays one for the eighty mites of riding
TO reach them. The genial proprietor,
Fred Burgdorf, is about as white as they
make men nowadays, and being q
born landlord he soon has his guests
comfortable, and feeds them on the fat
of the land. When the country is rem
dered more accessible these springs will
become a famous resort for rheumatic
sufferers. Mike Balew arrived out
here from Warrens three weeks ago
incapable of walking through rhenma-
tism in his feet, and by a course of baths
in the springs he has recovered sufficient
ly to challenge the editor to an old-coun-
try game of leap frog, which, however,
we were too tired to accept. Later on |
will describe these springs in full.
The next day | started for Warrens
and was soon in the hands of friends.
There is nothing new in camp, except
the excitement about Alton district. |
had hoped to put in Saturday and Sum
day collecting the annual So assessment
from the boys and starting for home
Monday, but as nearly everybody is in
Alton | shall have to go over there and
interview subscribers and take in the
sights of the coming camp. Every
body who has visited it unites in the
one expression that it is the coming
camp of Idaho territory, and from what
saw of it last summer | believe it.
The mining in Warrens haa been unusu
ally good this year, and with one or two
exceptions who were bothered with
high water every claim in the camp has
paid well. The business remains as of
Old. The G & b and b q ii stores
attend to the strictly commercial and
interests. Jim Edwards
Is running the Washington hotel and
sets the best table in the mountains.
table that q man would be fool to
Kick at. All the old standbys are here
as usual, Geo. Dyer, Ripley. Hauber.
Collins, Kelly, Bemis, et al and all more
than ever that Warrens camp |
'9 NV oeSuH W see lis DeSt days. !
Bailey Chamberlain is butchering here
with Geo. Sears as his right bower. and
Bailey looks younger and better looking
han have seen him in eight years
Miss Mary C. Benedict
las school of ten pupils here, her
Ter scholars are making good head wav
lnder her tuition, all of them being
mountain born and bred and possessed
# an intelligence which the children of
It lower attitudes somehow don't seem
o possess. They show it in their clear
right and intelligent eyes, and oniy
eed little direction to develope their
atural faculties. DIR. Ford has an ele.
ant flower garden fronting his residence
men shows what the mountains can
iise when proper attention is given to
le soil. 1t is little gem in its way
nd reminds me of our omn lovely Cam
he DIR. returned from Alton YESTERDAY
J prairie when it dons its spring robes.
al Is enthusiastic in his praises of the
ondertul mineral wealth of that dis .
let. This morning visited the Little
liant" mine, but must POSTPONE for
iother letter all that | saw and
card of that famous property.
a. +. P.
WARRENs, August 81, 1887.